Summer is in full swing, which means there’s no better time to play outdoors. But even diehard city lovers sometimes tire of the incessant urban annoyances in the summer months: the long commutes, the endless pavement, and the oppressive heat. Luckily, nearly every major city in the United States features a botanical garden: a place dedicated to the cultivation and display of plants and nature. Step under the shady foliage of a local garden and your summer worries melt away, replaced with a plant-inspired serenity.
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The Best Botanical Gardens In The US
Published June 21, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Atlanta Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Denver Botanical Gardens, gardening, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Longwood Gardens, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Missouri Botanical Garden, nature, Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden, plants, Portland Japanese Garden
Trimming The World’s Largest Hedge
Published June 8, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bathurst Estate, Cirencester, England, gardening, Gloucestershire, Great Britain, hedge, horticulture, UK, yew
… welcome to the largest hedge of its kind in the world – a monster yew that takes gardening staff at a country estate two whole weeks to trim. At 40ft tall and 15ft wide, groundsmen at the Bathurst Estate in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, say the 300-year-old yew hedge is the largest of its kind in the world and costs £6,000 a year to maintain. It takes a specialist two-man team at the estate two weeks – with no weekend break – to give the hedge it’s annual trim.
The Poison Garden [video]
Published August 31, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Aconitum, agriculture, Alnwick Castle, Belladonna, England, gardening, Giant Hogweed, Laurel, Monkshood, Northumberland, plant science, Poison Garden, poisonous plant, video
Hairy Panic – Australia’s Tumbleweed From Hell
Published February 23, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Australia, gardening, Hairy Panic, Tumbleweed, vegetation, Wangaratta, weed, yellow big-head
Residents of a rural Australian city are frustrated by a fast-growing tumbleweed called hairy panic that is piling up outside their houses, covering lawns and blocking doors and windows.
The Tree Of 40 Fruits [video]
Published July 30, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: agriculture, chip grafting, farming, fruit tree, gardening, grafting, horticulture, Sam Van Aken, Syracuse University, video